Letters to the Editor

Stop dumping trash
in Confluence Park

In October 2007, the Southern Utah Exploration committee installed a monument that explains the significance to our Valley of Confluence Park where Ash Creek and the Virgin River merge.

Since then, people have used this area to discard their cups, empty beer cases and broken bottles. Not only is this garbage mound ugly, but it creates a dangerous environment.

What upsets me most is that the garbage pile lies about 20 feet from the parking area where it seems convenient enough for people to take their trash with them. This kind of behavior is embarrassing and disrespectful to our beautiful red deserts and other visitors.

Clayton Purdy

St. George

Politics has become
nothing more than a circus

Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey circus is in Salt Lake City. On weekends this fall more people will watch football than the presidential debates.

President Obama said Israel is one of 20 friendly countries but didn't name any of the other 19. Lybia? Egypt?

The cashier in Smiths laughed when I asked for the savings. The federal debt to $13 trillion owed mostly to China and Saudi Arabia. President Obama bought solar panels and windmills in China, but Apple created far more jobs in China. Buying low-priced items in stores creates yet more foreign jobs. An $850 billion jobs fund disappeared without a trace.

Drilling for oil here is energy independent. However Saudi Arabia is increasing export of oil to the United States to lower the price of gasoline during the election period. Voting in 11 battleground states will determine the next president. No need to count votes in 39 states. New York City high school girls will get free morning after study pills.

The circus is everywhere.

Aspen Stoddard

Hurricane

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Letters to the Editor

In October 2007, the Southern Utah Exploration committee installed a monument that explains the significance to our Valley of Confluence Park where Ash Creek and the Virgin River merge.